Thursday, June 21, 2007

Booking Pack Rats?

Education is what remains after one has forgotten what one has learned in school. ~ Albert Einstein

If it's Thursday (and...is it my imagination, or are the days just flying by?), it must be time to Book It.

School days, Golden Rule days…

Since school is out for the summer (in most places, at least), here’s a school-themed question for the week:

Do you have any old school books? Did you keep yours from college? Old textbooks from garage sales? Old workbooks from classes gone by?

Uh... no. Before I moved from California to Colorado, I had some of my college textbooks -- three psych books and my political science text. Oddly, I thought my text on "Abnormal Psychology" might come in handy. In retrospect, it probably would have, but I only had so much room on the uHaul. Mostly, though, I sold them back at the end of the semester.

How about your old notes, exams, papers? Do you save them? Or have they long since gone to the great Locker-in-the-sky?

Heck no! It's not like I had to write a thesis for my master's degree. Geez. When it was over, it was OVER, bay-bee. Do people really keep this stuff? Do you? I guess I'll find out today!

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All American and classic - perfect for a girl who doesn't need to follow trends.

I still have notebooks filled with notes from school. But only because they still had empty pages for my stories. I never wasted an empty page of lined paper. They were too precious back then. And I still have most of the stories I wrote back then. They make me laugh.

We're definitely on the same level! I usually sell my books on places like ebay or half.com (more money than the college bookstore) and then use the money I make to buy books for the next semester.

I do keep my notes since I'm still in college and you never know when something you write in one semester will come in handy in another, but once it's officially over, it's time to break the pencils and throw out the books! LOL.

Thanks for stopping by my blog! (BTT is obviously a great way to find new blogs and meet new people. I'm glad I joined in! :-D)

I just went through two bins of my old college notebooks that were taking up space in my mom's basement. I kept some of my favorite papers and tossed the rest. It was surreal to go back through the four years of my life when I learned the most ... and realize just how little I knew. :-)

Not that I'm a brain surgeon now, you understand, but at least now I know how little I know. Back then I thought I knew it all.

I was a poor student so I usually sold my textbooks immediately after finals. However, I did keep a few on teaching methods in education which were never helpful, btw. I kept a few notes on Shakespeare.

Don't mention jeans. I need some but refuse to buy any until I lose weight. And it is not happening so far so I better get off my behind and get moving. LOL

First thing, Marianne...see you're not the only one out there. You will see there are other people who have common things with you too *grin* *hugs!*

I didn't keep my texts book either. I gave it back to the teachers, when they requested it. And that was okay with me. Since I knew I don't room for it.

However, yes I did keep some of my notes and poems that I did for school assignments. Those stuff are mostly a good grade papers that I felt I had to keep it to remember it by. Other stuff, I threw away...b/c it wasn't good papers *grin* ...Thanks for stopping by my blog, Happy BTT!

At one time, I had all sorts of notes and papers. Bur I left them at my Mom and Dad's when I left home. They moved. Mom didn't want to drag all my stuff with her....and I didn't have room for it at the time. So it's all gone!